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The Environmental Protection Agency launched a cleanup Monday of the Maywood metal yard that burned down in June, part of a two-month waste removal project at the shuttered property. The EPA warned that clearing out hazardous debris may send noxious odors into nearby neighborhoods, an irritating...read more

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